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Blindfold Accomplishment Thread

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When the caffeine kicks in and you are become one with the universe, PBs come a-raining:

Generated By csTimer on 2017-6-2
mean of 3: 1:10.31

Time List:
1. 1:13.23[29.38] L2 D' L2 U F2 D L2 U' F2 U' L2 R' F R2 B L' D' F2 L B2 D2 Fw
2. 1:05.95[24.56] R2 B2 F2 U' F2 D2 U B2 D' B2 R2 B D2 R2 D2 U' R U L R' U' Rw Uw'
3. 1:11.75[23.38] U L' U R' F' L B' D' R2 F2 B2 D2 L' F2 L' B2 R2 F2 R' U Fw' Uw

Generated By csTimer on 2017-6-2
mean of 3: 1:10.31
Time List:
1. 1:13.23[29.38] L2 D' L2 U F2 D L2 U' F2 U' L2 R' F R2 B L' D' F2 L B2 D2 Fw
2. 1:05.95[24.56] R2 B2 F2 U' F2 D2 U B2 D' B2 R2 B D2 R2 D2 U' R U L R' U' Rw Uw'
3. 1:11.75[23.38] U L' U R' F' L B' D' R2 F2 B2 D2 L' F2 L' B2 R2 F2 R' U Fw' Uw
 
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Holy ****, I just got 5:46.01[2:31.79] 5BLD PB by 57 seconds!!!!!:D:D:D
And I didn't even rush during the execution(BTW I still don't know 3-style)! I can't believe that. My brain works good today.
1 month ago my PB was 9:30 :D.

Sub-5 by the end of the summer, I promise! ;)
 
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GJ! That was some really intense memo!

What do you execute with? M2/r2/U2/OP?
Thanks! I improvise with commutators(I didn't learn them, I just understood how they work). That's why I have a lot of unoptimal and slow algorithms. I will start learning optimal algs right now, this is necessary for sub-5
 
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3BLD PB Ao12!

Generated By csTimer on 2017-6-2
avg of 12: 1:29.07

Time List:
1. 1:31.01[35.47] U2 L2 D' R2 U2 F2 D L2 U L2 B2 R F R D L' B R' F' R' D2 Rw2 Uw2
2. 1:13.23[29.38] L2 D' L2 U F2 D L2 U' F2 U' L2 R' F R2 B L' D' F2 L B2 D2 Fw
3. (1:05.95[24.56]) R2 B2 F2 U' F2 D2 U B2 D' B2 R2 B D2 R2 D2 U' R U L R' U' Rw Uw'
4. 1:11.75[23.38] U L' U R' F' L B' D' R2 F2 B2 D2 L' F2 L' B2 R2 F2 R' U Fw' Uw
5. 1:16.88[26.93] U' R2 D R2 B2 F2 U' F2 U R2 L' B2 U2 L F' L' D' R F R2 Rw' Uw2
6. 1:55.68[56.01] B2 L2 U2 B2 F2 R2 D R2 U' L2 U2 B D2 U' L U R B2 D2 B2 Rw Uw2
7. 1:50.64[1:00.04] F' D2 L2 F D2 B L2 F2 U2 R2 U2 D' B' F L R' F2 D2 U B2 F2 Fw' Uw
8. 1:19.67[28.12] D' R2 U L2 U2 B2 D F2 L2 U F2 L' F' U2 F D' L2 D2 L' R U2 Rw2 Uw2
9. (DNF(1:39.18)[47.76]) R2 D F2 U2 L2 F2 R2 D' L2 U2 F2 R B' L' U' L D F' R D' L' Fw Uw'
10. 1:34.24[33.53] R' D2 L2 R' B2 L B2 D2 F2 D2 R' D' L' B' R F R' F U2 F U' Rw' Uw'
11. 1:43.39[53.40] F2 R2 F' U2 R2 F2 R2 B' D2 L2 U' L' D F' D' R2 B' U2 L2 Rw'
12. 1:14.12[26.21] L U2 B2 D2 F2 R F2 R2 D2 F2 D2 B U B' F2 L B U2 F R' D'
 
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Obviously the memo was fast because I was practicing Memory sports for 1.5 hours before this 5BLD attempt.
I would love to know, what memory sports do you do to practice? Any specific programs?

E: Maybe I'll make a thread for this, I'm not sure how much variety of practice techniques there are.
 
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I would love to know, what memory sports do you do to practice? Any specific programs?

E: Maybe I'll make a thread for this, I'm not sure how much variety of practice techniques there are.
I use Memoriad simulator and Memory Leaque website. Firstly I memorize Images, then Numbers, then Words, then Cards, then Names. Then I repeat it until I get tired. Also after that I try to memorise as much numbers as I can without reviews.
EDIT: It would be cool if you make a thread for this.
 
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Some good 4BLD times today (not in any order)
1. (4:38.048)
03/06/2017 12:32:22
R2 B' U' D R U2 L B U' R U L2 F2 L2 U' R2 F2 U' B2 R2 Fw2 L2 U' F' Uw2 Rw2 Fw2 U' B R2 B' D2 Rw B2 U R' B2 Rw Uw R2 B Rw Fw F2 L' x2 y'

4. 4:43.619
03/06/2017 13:02:26
U' R F' U' R2 B2 R2 B' R' D' L' U2 L2 U2 B2 R D2 L' U2 D2 F2 Uw2 Fw2 R' U Fw2 D2 R Uw2 Rw2 Fw2 F2 R' L F L2 Fw' D2 B L Rw B Uw L2 U' Rw U y2
 
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Sort of a fail but I haven't practiced MBLD since Wisconsin Winter a few months ago lol.

3/5 in 33:57.11 [26:25.18]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5[normal BLD]
123 all solved, 4 is missing like 5 corners, and 5 is missing 3 edges and 4 corners.

Really pleased with the time since it is literally 12 minutes faster than my previous attempt. I knew I had messed up on 5 after I did some combination of L' U' L U to set up UL, but I think I did it twice and then did L U L' U' to undo the first but I wasn't sure if I had or hadn't. Eh.
No idea what happened on cube 4.
E: Figured it out.
Corner Cycle is: Ubr Ldb Dfr Flu, Bdr Lfd Bdr [Parity]
I memoed and executed: Ubr Ldb Dlf Flu, Bdr Urf Bdr [Parity]
I think a different cycle-break-memo bled through, since I'm pretty sure I had Bdr Urf Bdr as a cycle break on one of my other cubes. I don't care enough to check right now though.

Still pretty happy with it.
 
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Okay, I'm more than happy with my competition performance today. No 3bld dnf:s, and almost a 4bld mean too! Also my first 5bld success :)

3BLD: 2:24.64, 1:23.38, 1:50.31
The first one was an ultra safe attempt, as I had dnf:ed a lot during the warm-up. The second one was really good for me, 5 seconds from my overall pb. I did review my memo for 5-10 seconds in the end, which I should get rid of. I had a hard memo in the last one and edge memoing took way too much time for me. But, I got a mean, and I'm very happy with that.

4BLD: 10:39, DNF, 9:09.43
My first 4bld attempt in a comp, and I succeeded right in the beginning. Also, the safe attempt was now done and I sped up my memoing. The second one went well until I forgot half of my wing memo when executing. But the last one was my overall pb which was maybe the greatest accomplishment for me.

5BLD: 30:53, DNS, DNS
There was a 45-minute combined time limit, so I had really no hope for doing more than 1 attempt. This was my 2nd attempt ever, but everything went well, I really succeeded!

MBLD: 9/11 59:47
That went kinda close, 13 seconds left. I had no idea I had spent so much time with the execution. Generally, I'm not too happy with this as I did stupid mistakes in the execution, but for my first comp attempt, that's good and kinda passed my goal. It set me NR3, it's a good place to continue.
 
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5/5 Multi-Blind in 30:27.34 [22:53.48]

Too many outside distractions during memo, but I'm glad it all worked out.

Some of the letter pairs were terrible and I don't have good images for them yet (EH, AL, IF, KC, CZ) as well as waaaay too many flipped edges for my liking. Ended up visually memorizing them in one of the cubes, which surprisingly worked.

Reviewing just once after memorizing the first 4 cubes had a dramatic impact in the time. If I remember who suggested me this, I'll thank them formally because I absolutely loved it.

If I force myself to practice Multi more often, 10 cubes should be doable in a month or so.
 

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